PedroS

I'm hoping some of you mentors and established pilots can help with this question. I have 11 years seniority at my airline as a flight attendant. We all know that seniority is everything! My average schedule is 10 to 12 days a month at 95 credit hours, working only day turns. I commute, so that works nicely for me as I usually only work 2-3 days a week, or I can stack my days and have large chunks of time off. I can also easily work my company maximum of 150 by working 16 to 19 days.

At my average 95 hours, I earn about 65k+ a year. At 150 hours I'm at 105k+.
While the I understand the allure of being a pilot, and the respect for the position ( both earned and myth!) I'm just not sure that it makes a lot of sense for me to make the switch. I still have 2 years left before I max out on our payscale, then it moves to a bonus structure.

Also, I am 44 years old so I would have about 18 years left of earning potential as a Pilot if I started training now.

Any thoughts, suggestions, and advice would be greatly appreciated.